| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. The Electronic Plant Gene Register The Electronic Plant Gene Register PMCID: PMC1539223 Updates Polyadenylation and Degradation of mRNA in the Chloroplast G. Schuster, I. Lisitsky, and P. Klaff PMCID: PMC1539221 Betaines and Related Osmoprotectants. Targets for Metabolic Engineering of Stress Resistance S. D. McNeil, M. L. Nuccio, and A. D. Hanson PMCID: PMC1539222 Research Articles Biochemistry and Macromolecular Structure Hydrophobic Protein Synthesized in the Pod Endocarp Adheres to the Seed Surface Mark Gijzen, S. Shea Miller, Kuflom Kuflu, Richard I. Buzzell, and Brian L.A. Miki PMCID: PMC59354 Genetic and Biochemical Evidence for the Involvement of α-1,4 Glucanotransferases in Amylopectin Synthesis Christophe Colleoni, David Dauvillée, Gregory Mouille, Alain Buléon, Daniel Gallant, Brigitte Bouchet, Matthew Morell, Michael Samuel, Brigitte Delrue, Christophe d'Hulst, Christophe Bliard, Jean-Marc Nuzillard, and Steven Ball PMCID: PMC59358 Biochemical Characterization of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii α-1,4 Glucanotransferase Supports a Direct Function in Amylopectin Biosynthesis Christophe Colleoni, David Dauvillée, Gregory Mouille, Matthew Morell, Michael Samuel, Marie-Christine Slomiany, Luc Liénard, Fabrice Wattebled, Christophe d'Hulst, and Steven Ball PMCID: PMC59333 Supply of Fatty Acid Is One Limiting Factor in the Accumulation of Triacylglycerol in Developing Embryos Xiaoming Bao and John Ohlrogge PMCID: PMC59339 The Mechanism of Synthesis of a Mixed-Linkage (1→3),(1→4)β-d-Glucan in Maize. Evidence for Multiple Sites of Glucosyl Transfer in the Synthase Complex Marcos S. Buckeridge, Claudia E. Vergara, and Nicholas C. Carpita PMCID: PMC59344 Characterization of Two Photosynthetic Mutants of Maize Donald A. Heck, Donald Miles, and Parag R. Chitnis PMCID: PMC59346 The Localization and Expression of the Class II Starch Synthases of Wheat Zhongyi Li, Xiusheng Chu, Gregory Mouille, Liuling Yan, Behjat Kosar-Hashemi, Sandra Hey, Johnathan Napier, Peter Shewry, Bryan Clarke, Rudi Appels, Matthew K. Morell, and Sadequr Rahman PMCID: PMC59348 N-Acylethanolamines in Seeds. Quantification of Molecular Species and Their Degradation upon Imbibition Kent D. Chapman, Barney Venables, Robert Markovic, Raymond W. Blair, Jr., and Chris Bettinger PMCID: PMC59349 Cell Biology and Signal Transduction Delivery of a Secreted Soluble Protein to the Vacuole via a Membrane Anchor François Barrieu and Maarten J. Chrispeels PMCID: PMC59355 Functional Characterization and Expression Analysis of the Amino Acid Permease RcAAP3 from Castor Bean Anil Neelam, Allison C. Marvier, J.L. Hall, and Lorraine E. Williams PMCID: PMC59338 Accumulation of Soybean Glycinin and Its Assembly with the Glutelins in Rice Tomoyuki Katsube, Nobuyuki Kurisaka, Masahiro Ogawa, Nobuyuki Maruyama, Reiko Ohtsuka, Shigeru Utsumi, and Fumio Takaiwa PMCID: PMC59340 Kinetic Analysis of Phospholipase C from Catharanthus roseus Transformed Roots Using Different Assays S.M. Teresa Hernández-Sotomayor, César De Los Santos-Briones, J. Armando Muñoz-Sánchez, and Victor M. Loyola-Vargas PMCID: PMC59341 Environmental and Stress Physiology Senescence-Associated Gene Expression during Ozone-Induced Leaf Senescence in Arabidopsis Jennifer D. Miller, Richard N. Arteca, and Eva J. Pell PMCID: PMC59334 Observations of Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotopes in Leaf Water Confirm the Craig-Gordon Model under Wide-Ranging Environmental Conditions John S. Roden and James R. Ehleringer PMCID: PMC59350 Does Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Affect Photochemical Energy Use by Evergreen Trees in Different Seasons? A Chlorophyll Fluorescence Study of Mature Loblolly Pine Graham J. Hymus, David S. Ellsworth, Neil R. Baker, and Stephen P. Long PMCID: PMC59352 Growth and Development Characterization of MdMADS2, a Member of the SQUAMOSA Subfamily of Genes, in Apple Soon-Kee Sung, Gyung-Hee Yu, and Gynheung An PMCID: PMC59356 Independent Regulation of Flowering by Phytochrome B and Gibberellins in Arabidopsis Miguel A. Blázquez and Detlef Weigel PMCID: PMC59335 The Endogenous Sulfated Pentapeptide Phytosulfokine-α Stimulates Tracheary Element Differentiation of Isolated Mesophyll Cells of Zinnia Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi, Leiko Takagi, Naomi Omura, Akiko Morita, and Youji Sakagami PMCID: PMC59337 Cloning and Expression of a Hexose Transporter Gene Expressed during the Ripening of Grape Berry Laurent Fillion, Agnès Ageorges, Sarah Picaud, Pierre Coutos-Thévenot, Rémi Lemoine, Charles Romieu, and Serge Delrot PMCID: PMC59342 Determination of the Motif Responsible for Interaction between the Rice APETALA1/AGAMOUS-LIKE9 Family Proteins Using a Yeast Two-Hybrid System Yong-Hwan Moon, Hong-Gyu Kang, Ji-Young Jung, Jong-Seong Jeon, Soon-Kee Sung, and Gynheung An PMCID: PMC59353 Molecular Genetics and Genomics Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase in the C4 Monocot Urochloa panicoides Is Encoded by Four Differentially Expressed Genes Patrick M. Finnegan, Shoichi Suzuki, Martha Ludwig, and James N. Burnell PMCID: PMC59336 The arcelin-5 Gene of Phaseolus vulgaris Directs High Seed-Specific Expression in Transgenic Phaseolus acutifolius and Arabidopsis Plants Alain Goossens, Willy Dillen, Janniek De Clercq, Marc Van Montagu, and Geert Angenon PMCID: PMC59343 Plant-Microbe and Plant-Insect Interactions Leucine Aminopeptidase RNAs, Proteins, and Activities Increase in Response to Water Deficit, Salinity, and the Wound Signals Systemin, Methyl Jasmonate, and Abscisic Acid Wun S. Chao, Yong-Qiang Gu, Véronique Pautot, Elizabeth A. Bray, and Linda L. Walling PMCID: PMC59357 Early Events in the Signal Pathway for the Oxidative Burst in Soybean Cells Exposed to Avirulent Pseudomonas syringae pv glycinea Vinagolu K. Rajasekhar, Chris Lamb, and Richard A. Dixon PMCID: PMC59347 Cucumber Hypocotyls Respond to Cutin Monomers via Both an Inducible and a Constitutive H2O2-Generating System Heinrich Kauss, Markus Fauth, Axel Merten, and Wolfgang Jeblick PMCID: PMC59351 Whole-Plant Processes Evidence for Light-Stimulated Fatty Acid Synthesis in Soybean Fruit Jennifer R. Willms, Christophe Salon, and David B. Layzell PMCID: PMC59345 |
